Folding egg-case



(ModeL) s. M. TOAY & E. HARRIS.

FOLDING EGG CASE. No. 295,211. Patented Mar. 18, 1884.

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FOLDING EGG-CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming-part of Letters Patent No. 295,211, dated March 18, 1884. Application filed July 23, 1883. (Modem To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, sAMUEL M. TOAY and EDWARD HARRIS, both of Cambria, in the county of Columbia and State of Viseonsin, have invented a Folding Egg-Case, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of our invention is to provide a folding egg-case which can be setup very rapidly, and can be folded to occupy very little space, and in which, after being folded, is a space to receive the fillers, (the apartments for the eggs) so they (the fillers) cannot be broken by returning and replacing.

The invention consists in a folding egg-case constructed with hinged end, front, and rear boards, ahingedtransverse partition, and a cover formed of two sections hinged to each other, of which one is hinged to the rear hinged board of the case. thus permitting the end boards to be folded inward and the front and rear boards to be folded over the end hoards, over which part and the rear boards the cover is then folded.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of our folding eggcase, showing the cover swung open. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, showing the cover resting on the case, parts being shown in section. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal view of the case, showing it folded. Fig. 4: is an end view of the same. I

A'box, A, is provided with low sides A and ends 153, and to the upper edges of the latter are hinged end boards, B, provided with curved handleslots B. Atransverse partition, 0, is hinged to the middle of the upper surface of the bottom of the case.

To the front side, A, of the box A-a front board, 1)., is hinged, which can be folded inward. To the rear side, A, a board, E, is hinged, and to the upper edge of the board E the cover-section F is hinged, to which in turn the cover-section G is hinged. The cover-section F is hinged to the board E in such a manner that the board E and the cover-section. can be folded down flat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 4, or held at any angle .to each other; as shown in Fig. 2. The combined width of the cover-sections F G is equal to the width of the box A.

To the rear surface of the front board, D, a spring hook-catch, H, is fastened, which projects beyond the upper edge of the board D, which board D is provided with an aperture, I), through which a finger can be passed to push the spring-catch back. A strip, J, is secured to the under side of the cover-section G at the free edge, on which plate the springcatch H can catch to hold the cover on the box or case. The end boards, 13, are provided in the upper edges with dowel-pins d, adapted to pass into recesses g in the bottom surfaces of the coverseetionsF G at the ends, and thus also assisting in making the case rigid when erected, and holding the cover in place. The cover-section G, the rear board, E, and the front board, I), are each provided on one end with a transverse notch, a, which notches coincide when the boards and cover are folded, as shown in Fig. 4. A latch-lever, L, having a head or cross-piece, N, at its free end, is provided in the notch a to the cover-section G.

iVhenthe einpty case is to be returned to the shipper, the middle partition, 0, is folded down, as are also the end boards, B B. Then the front board, E, is folded on the boards B, and the rear-board and the cover-section F are folded on the board D, and the cover'sectiou G is folded on the cover-section F and the board E. The several parts, after having been thus folded, as shown in Fig. 4., are held together by passing the latch L into the notches a.

The case can be erected for receiving eggs very easily and rapidly. When folded,it only occupies about one-third of the space which it occupies when erected.

The side edges of the boards B are provided with notches at, so that they can clear the hinges while being raised or lowered, by which the front and rear boards are held on the front and rear sides A of the box. Having thus fully described our invention,

we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the pivoted levcr-latch L, having head N at its free end, 5 of the coverG, front board, D, and rear board, E, each provided With a transverse notch, as and for-the purpose specified.

SAMUEL M. TOAY.

2. In a folding egg-case, the combination, l/Vitnessesz with the box A, of the front and rear boards, R. E. JONES,

1 D E, and the cover-section G, each provided J OHN A]? EDWARDS.

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